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Game » consists of 23 releases. Released May 18, 2010
The United States National Guard is the oldest military component of the United States of America.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Tutorial sequences that must be played through in order to progress to the main game.
A video game concept in which plainly valuable items, weapons, and even hard currency are routinely found in trash cans and roadside dumpsters.
Red Dead Redemption features an achievement/trophy called 'Red Dead Rockstar', which requires you to kill a Rockstar developer while playing the game's online multiplayer component. This achievement/trophy is viral.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Vultures are large scavenging birds. They are not highly regarded by humans.
You're halfway through the game or more, everything's going great. You've got tons of weapons and crap and BAM! Flash grenade! You wake up later captured, off to either be executed, interrogated, etc. Often, you've lost all of your weapons as well. You sir, have just woken up captured.
When a protagonist chooses to walk as a default instead of jogging or running. The character will opt to walk even with a full tilt of the control stick.
As storage capacity has increased, games have been able to incorporate more forms of media. Some games allow you to watch television or film programs, be they original content or previously published material.
A waypoint is a reference point used for navigation purposes by in-game characters. Most commonly used in strategy games and squad based games.
Found in many First Person Shooters or Role Playing Games, the player has the ability to swap their current weapon for another found on the ground or in their inventory.
Variable and dynamic simulation of weather conditions can be used to add variety, atmosphere (a rainy day in an RPG) and/or challenge (rain on the racetrack in a driving game) to a game.
A page for characters that speak with a Welsh accent.
For those bad times when you're alone in the middle of nowhere, or when you need to get somewhere fast.
Originally recorded in 1951, this sound effect has appeared in numerous films and video games.
Wolves are mammals closely related to dogs and are known for howling in moonlit forests and hunting in packs to pester players in numerous RPG games.
When a protagonist/hero works for the bad guy. It may be unintentional or completely voluntary.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
Games in which specific enhancements are made when played on an Xbox One X.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
Pressing a button to zoom-in. For example: in a flight combat game or a shooter without iron sights.
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